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CHAPTER TEN
An account of samvara and nirjarā having been offered in the chapter nine, that of the remaining verity mokṣa is in order for the present chapter.
The Causes for the Origination of Kaivalya or Omniscience :
As a result of an annihilation of moha, as also that of jñānāvarana, darśanāvarana and antarāya there appears kevala or omniscience. 1.
Prior to the attainment of moksa the origination of an allcomprehending cognition (all-comprehending jñāna, all-comprehending darśana) has been deemed indispensable in the Jaina scriptural texts. That is why while offering an account of mokṣa it is here first described as to what are the causes responsible for the origination of an all-comprehending cognition. When as a result of an annihilation of the obstructing karmas the natural consciousness becomes free of concealment then an allcomprehending cognition makes its appearance. These obstructing karmas are four in all of which moha alone is annihilated first and then within a period of muhūrta the remaining three-viz. jñānāvaraniya darśanāvaraniya, antarāya—are annihilated as well. Moha being the most powerful of all karmas it is only after its annihilation that an annihilation of the remaining karmas becomes possible. By all-comprehending cognition is to be understood the full comprehension of a generic and a specific type. This verity is the state of an all-comprehending jñāna and an all-comprehending darśana. 1.
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